brianmcs Posted November 29, 2017 Posted November 29, 2017 Hi folks , can anyone help with this photo , I am wondering what year it might have been taken. Also would anyone have any photos of buses with Granby ads on them ? Quote
Broithe Posted November 29, 2017 Posted November 29, 2017 (edited) A Google image search brings up two uses of that picture where 1982 is mentioned, but they could be from the same opinion source, of course. Ha - pipped.... Edited November 29, 2017 by Broithe Quote
Noel Posted November 29, 2017 Posted November 29, 2017 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Broithe said: A Google image search brings up two uses of that picture where 1982 is mentioned, but they could be from the same opinion source, of course. Ha - pipped.... Sorry It just looked like the big snow of Feb 1982 which I remember well. It started at 8:45pm on a Thursday night, by Friday evening most major national N routes were impassable. It practically shut the entire country down for a week. I seem to remember a BBC presenter on the 6 O'Clock news pointing to the easterly driven trough on a weather map over northern France joking "don't worry, this is not coming our way". Strong easterlies combined with temps below -15 caused massive snow drifts and most home heating oil froze, combined with power cuts it was the biggest freeze since 1962!!! Roundwood was cut off for three weeks and the army air corps used helos to deliver food to farm animals. Luckily nobody died. There as an amazing 'blitz' like spirit as families took in and welcomed strangers who had to abandon cars all over the countries roads. The N11 was blocked for 5 days. Edited November 29, 2017 by Noel 1 Quote
Tarabuses Posted November 30, 2017 Posted November 30, 2017 Ah yes, those adds were very prominent weren't they. Quote
brianmcs Posted December 2, 2017 Author Posted December 2, 2017 Thanks guys , especially Broithe for the photos. Quote
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